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And here's why - it's like I'm being backed into a corner, left with no choice. And below I present a totally geeky visual representation of the facts...
The Dillons/Price Chopper is the one, obviously, that is changing. It is a scant mile from my house, and conveniently on the way home, regardless of the route I take (my 'usual' routes are the red and green lines - more often I take the green line). Those big blocks are right about a mile apart, so, yes, they are putting a Price Chopper one mile north and two miles south of existing Price Choppers. The south one is brank-spanking new, the north one... let's just say I'm not fond of that part of town (no offense to anyone who lives there, but... it's a bit run-down, especially with those apartments right behind there, the ones next to the pawn broker...).
The Target to the west is, sadly, not a SuperTarget, so it might be good for the odd gallon of milk, but not a lot else. The Hen House and Super Wal-Mart just north both suck - I hate the feel of the Hen House and the Wal-Mart is both hard to get into (stupid parking lot) and, well, it's a Wal-Mart. It does have the plus of being open 24-hours a day, though. So that leave us with the Hy-Vee just to the north, which is where we'll probably try next. I've never been in it, but in HyVee's favor they don't have those stupid 'loyalty cards' - they just put things on sale. So it might work out, but it's much more of a drive (I know, it's only a few miles but the traffic lights and the traffic make it take forever!).
Further north is the SuperTarget we shopped at when we lived in the townhouse, which I just found out was not really all the 'fulfilling' for my hubby. I didn't mind, but evidently some of their products were not as up to snuff as he'd liked. But we also had that Hen House right there, which is pretty decent (and, *ahem*, located right by where he works. *ahem*).
Moving on to my work day, the regular Wal-Mart will do well for pop, because it's always cheaper there, but that's about it. The Hen House is fine (a bit pricey, perhaps, but it has a lot of things you won't find elsewhere) except for the fact that the base clientèle is about 9 million years old, walks at a quarter of a mile per hour (and drives slower - I swear to dog that today I stopped by after work, and I had to pull around an old woman in a Caddy that was basically stopped in the road (not just a lane, but the road that runs in front of the store). I run in, grab a dozen items - walking the length of the store - pay, and get back in my car and she's still trying to maneuver into a parking space!), and they never seem to have more than one cashier. Thank goodness for the self-checkout, though it only works for small trips. The SuperTarget is okay for a stop on the way home, too, I guess, and I could try that Hen House that's sort of on my way home.
But really, nothing is even close to convenient compared to that Dillons. And maybe the new Proce Chopper will be okay, though I seriously doubt it. And why oh why is this bothering me - the person who grew up moving every two to four years - so very much? You don't hear me complaining that we don't have Safeways...
The Dillons/Price Chopper is the one, obviously, that is changing. It is a scant mile from my house, and conveniently on the way home, regardless of the route I take (my 'usual' routes are the red and green lines - more often I take the green line). Those big blocks are right about a mile apart, so, yes, they are putting a Price Chopper one mile north and two miles south of existing Price Choppers. The south one is brank-spanking new, the north one... let's just say I'm not fond of that part of town (no offense to anyone who lives there, but... it's a bit run-down, especially with those apartments right behind there, the ones next to the pawn broker...).
The Target to the west is, sadly, not a SuperTarget, so it might be good for the odd gallon of milk, but not a lot else. The Hen House and Super Wal-Mart just north both suck - I hate the feel of the Hen House and the Wal-Mart is both hard to get into (stupid parking lot) and, well, it's a Wal-Mart. It does have the plus of being open 24-hours a day, though. So that leave us with the Hy-Vee just to the north, which is where we'll probably try next. I've never been in it, but in HyVee's favor they don't have those stupid 'loyalty cards' - they just put things on sale. So it might work out, but it's much more of a drive (I know, it's only a few miles but the traffic lights and the traffic make it take forever!).
Further north is the SuperTarget we shopped at when we lived in the townhouse, which I just found out was not really all the 'fulfilling' for my hubby. I didn't mind, but evidently some of their products were not as up to snuff as he'd liked. But we also had that Hen House right there, which is pretty decent (and, *ahem*, located right by where he works. *ahem*).
Moving on to my work day, the regular Wal-Mart will do well for pop, because it's always cheaper there, but that's about it. The Hen House is fine (a bit pricey, perhaps, but it has a lot of things you won't find elsewhere) except for the fact that the base clientèle is about 9 million years old, walks at a quarter of a mile per hour (and drives slower - I swear to dog that today I stopped by after work, and I had to pull around an old woman in a Caddy that was basically stopped in the road (not just a lane, but the road that runs in front of the store). I run in, grab a dozen items - walking the length of the store - pay, and get back in my car and she's still trying to maneuver into a parking space!), and they never seem to have more than one cashier. Thank goodness for the self-checkout, though it only works for small trips. The SuperTarget is okay for a stop on the way home, too, I guess, and I could try that Hen House that's sort of on my way home.
But really, nothing is even close to convenient compared to that Dillons. And maybe the new Proce Chopper will be okay, though I seriously doubt it. And why oh why is this bothering me - the person who grew up moving every two to four years - so very much? You don't hear me complaining that we don't have Safeways...
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Then there's the fact that the only bread I can eat (allergic to yeast) is sold at NONE of these stores...only at one other grocery store a good 20 minutes away.
Oh, and then there's the fact that the meat at ALL of these stores is frequently sub par although still ridiculously expensive, and you have me going to Costco to buy nice meat for cheaper (albeit in rather large quantities...).
And because it's winter, EVERYBODY'S produce SUCKS, and it's luck of the draw if you'll be able to locate decent vegetables at any given store.
All told, we end up shopping all over the goddamn place.
I feel your pain!
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It'd probably irritate me less of I was one of those organized people who made a shopping list, stuck to it, cooked the stuff I planned on cooking, and only had to go to the grocery store once ever week or every two weeks. But I'm always running off to grab something I've forgotten, or some ingrediant for a dish I suddenly decided I just had to make right this minute.
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No, I don't have issues...
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It's not less annoying, though, because you have this perfectly laid out grocery list, only to go the store and get MOST of the stuff. Some stuff, they just don't have. So, second store. You get MOST of the remaining items...but some of the vegetables you want are just plain nasty there. Cue store number three, where you finish the rest of the list. EXCEPT for those specific items you can only get at certain, far away stores. Thus follows special trips just for those...
Honestly, some days food just seems like more of a hassle than it's worth.
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I'm lucky if I make a list, and even luckier if I remember the list, and I don't think even if those two things happen I've forgotten to put at least one thing on the list...
It'd be nice to not have to worry about eating... it's like laundry, something you just have to do over and over and over... and the dishes! Ugh.
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